Sarah Hyland Got a Major Spring Hair Makeover and Her New Color Is DARK

There's no way we'd rather start out our day than with a surprise celebrity hair change—and this one seriously has us staring. Formerly golden-brunette Sarah Hyland now has dark hair, and the difference the new color makes on her is crazy. Jaws. Dropped. In a good way—although this is making us reevaluate our recent resolution to pull a Julianne Hough and go super light in time for spring. "Sarah just wrapped another season of Modern Family and was itching for a change," says Nikki Lee, Hyland's hairstylist and co-founder of the same star-favorite salon, Nine Zero One in L.A., also responsible for Hough's hair color change. "She decided to get into character a little early, since she will be dark for Dirty Dancing. She's been the first in my chair to darken this spring. Most people tend to lighten up, but I think she's on to something. I'm into it!" Last time the Modern Family star made a public appearance, on the red carpet before Elton John's Oscars viewing party on February 28, her hair was giving off its usual honey-toned vibes, thanks to ample highlights in her medium-brown hair, with a slight ombre effect toward the roots. The new

There's no way we'd rather start out our day than with a surprise celebrity hair change—and this one seriously has us staring. Formerly golden-brunette Sarah Hyland now has dark hair, and the difference the new color makes on her is crazy. Jaws. Dropped. In a good way—although this is making us reevaluate our recent resolution to pull a Julianne Hough and go super light in time for spring.

"Sarah just wrapped another season of Modern Family and was itching for a change," says Nikki Lee, Hyland's hairstylist and co-founder of the same star-favorite salon, Nine Zero One in L.A., also responsible for Hough's hair color change. "She decided to get into character a little early, since she will be dark for Dirty Dancing. She's been the first in my chair to darken this spring. Most people tend to lighten up, but I think she's on to something. I'm into it!"

Last time the Modern Family star made a public appearance, on the red carpet before Elton John's Oscars viewing party on February 28, her hair was giving off its usual honey-toned vibes, thanks to ample highlights in her medium-brown hair, with a slight ombre effect toward the roots. The new color looks close to black, although it's hard to tell in the filtered light of the Instagram shot where Hyland revealed it last night (accompanied by the set-to-Adele caption: "Hello from the darker side"). According to Lee, that's intentional. "We wanted her hair to look almost black when she's inside, but once she steps outside it has a rich warmth to it," she told us. "It's a beautiful dark truffle color."

Without further ado, here's a peek at the transformation we're all worked up about.

Hyland's hair color before:

Her hair color after:

We know it's partly the angle this snap was taken from, but holy huge doe eyes—if going darker would have this effect on us, someone pass the dye bottle. The darker eyebrows amplify the drama. Long story short, we'll be sitting here waiting for more photos of Hyland's new look to emerge—and we're sure you will be too.